Their popular album Light Up The Night was released in March 1980 and rose to #5 on the Billboard 200. Get the Funk Out Ma Face was cowritten with Quincy Jones.
The instrumental track Thunder Thumbs and Lightnin' Licks refers to the brothers' nicknames. Two of the duo's songs were featured on the soundtrack of the 1976 film Mother, Jugs & Speed. Blam!! came out in August 1978 and reached number 7 on the Billboard 200. Quincy Jones hired them to play on his LP Mellow Madness, and recorded four of their songs, including Is It Love That We're Missing? and Just a Taste of Me.Īfter touring with various artists including Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, they were hired by Quincy Jones for a tour in Japan and produced their debut album Look Out For #1, released in March 1976 (#9 US) Their Right on Time album was released in May 1977 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200. In 1976, The Brothers covered the Beatles' song, Hey Jude, for the ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston's band and wrote Music in My Life and The Kids and Me for him before leaving his group in 1973. When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes.
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Guitarist/vocalist George and bassist/vocalist Louis formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles, California.
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